Edmond
Seemingly mild-mannered businessman Edmond Burke visits a fortuneteller and hears a remark that spurs him to leave his wife abruptly and seek what is missing from his life. Encounters with…
Liberty Heights
This semi-autobiographical film by Barry Levinson follows various members of the Kurtzman clan, a Jewish family living in suburban Baltimore during the 1950s. As teenaged Ben completes high school, he…
Homicide
A Jewish homicide detective investigates a seemingly minor murder and falls in with a Zionist group as a result.
Eyes of an Angel
John Travolta is a downtrodden single father raising his daughter under difficult circumstances in Chicago. The young girl comes upon and then nurses a wounded Doberman used for fighting, back…
Shocker
About to be electrocuted for a catalog of heinous crimes, the unrepentant Horace Pinker transforms into a terrifying energy source. Only young athlete Jonathan Parker, with an uncanny connection to…
L.A. Takedown
Michael Mann’s gutsy telefilm tells the tale of two skilled professionals–one a cop, the other a criminal–who aren’t as different as they think. Vincent Hanna is an intense cop on…
Frank Nitti: The Enforcer
Al Capone may be the most famous Chicago mobster, but his successor, Frank “The Enforcer” Nitti (Anthony LaPaglia), was just as ruthless. This biopic goes to great lengths to accurately…